40 THE SPECIES OF THE ANTELOPE- 



Pediotragus rufescens (ÏÏ. Smith). 



Major Charles Hamilton Smith tells us that he found a 

 male specimen in Mr. Burchell's magnificent donation to 

 the British Museum. As the species is not to determine 

 according the view of the authors of the Book of Ante- 

 lopes we may conclude that the above mentioned individual 

 has disappeared. As far as I am aware there is no specimen 

 in another Museum : it seems that the female specimen 

 in the Leyden Museum is the unique preserved specimen 

 of this beautiful species. 



From its label it appears that the Museum procured the 

 specimen in 1848 from the dealer, late Mr. Frank in Am- 

 sterdam ; it once belonged to Dr. Sundevall's collections 

 and its habitat seems to be Natal. 



It is a very fresh looking specimen, an adult female of 

 P. rufescens^ one of the most exactly characterized species 

 of the genus Pediotragus. 



Its hue is of a splendid milk-chocolate-color, the upper 

 surface of the head however is of a bright red. The result 

 of these tinges is that the white colored as well as the 

 dark parts are much more pronounced and very striking: 

 so the triangle on the nose and the horseshoe-marking 

 on the crown with a very distinctly drawn line down the 

 nape of the neck make a much darker and much more 

 clearly circumscribed impression than in the other allied 

 species: the pure white hairs of the underparts too cover 

 a greater extended area. White are the following parts: 

 breast, belly, halfway the internal surface of the forelegs, 

 internal surface of the hind-legs ending in a very small 

 line at the tarsus, the buttocks entirely ; further a broad 

 bow above the eyes ending anteriorly in a very large ditto 

 colored spot just above the opening of the lacrymal gland, 

 finally are white the upper and lower lips all round the 

 mouth and the chin ending in a very elongated triangle 

 on the throat. 



The ears are of about the same length as in Horstockii 



Notes from the Leyden IMusevma, ~S'ol. XXII. 



